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Climbing Mt. Tsukuba

Mt. Tsukuba is sometimes considered equivalent to Mt. Fuji in saying ‘Mt. Fuji is in the West and Mt. Tsukuba in the East in Japan.’ It is also famous as the lowest mountain in 100 great mountains in Japan, suitable for enjoyable climbing.

To climb the mountain, adequate clothing, foot wear, plenty of water are necessary, of course.

There are several trails for established climbers and hiking courses for families.

Please enjoy climbing using cable cars and rope ways as well.

＜Climbing Courses＞

Miyukigahara Course

On the side of Mt. Nantai
Length : about 2.5 km
Height : about 610 m
Required time : up / 90 minutes down / 70 minutes

It’s from Tsukuba Shrine to the top of Mt. Nantai, climbing along the cable cars, and you can watch two cable cars go by each other. And you can have a precious experience of assuring the point of upper stream of Minanogawa River.
This course is with a high altitude and difficult.

Mukaeba Course

On the side of Mt. Nantai
Length : about 1.6 km
Altitude : about 190 m
Required time : up / 40 minutes
down / 35 minutes

It’s from Tsutsujigaoka to Sakamukaeba branch point.
From sakamukaeba branch point, you can join Shirakumo-bashi Course together and proceed to the top of Mt. Nyotai, or going down to Tsukuba Shrine through Tsutsujigaoka.
This course is rather easy with few rocks.

Shirakumobashi Course

It’s from Tsukuba Shrine to the top of Mt. Nyotai through Sakamukaeba branch point and Benkei-chaya-ato.
After fully enjoying the nature of Mt. Tsukuba to Benkei-chaya-ato, you’ll be surprised at big rocks and bazaar-shaped ones like Benkei-nanamodori, Takamagahara, and Tainai-kuguri.
This course makes you enjoy Mt. Tsukuba to the fullest.

Otatsu-ishi Course

On the side of Mt. Nyotai
Length : about 10 km
Altitude : 200 m
Required time : up / 40 minutes
down / 35 minutes

It’s a rather short course from Tsutsujigaoka to Benkei-chaya-ato, and from there you can climb to the top to Mt. Nyotai by Shirakumobashi Course.

Shizen-kenkyuro

It’s a course going round the top area of Mt. Nantai.
Since the Japanese beech forest is designated as a specially protected area of quasi-national park, this course is the best way to observe and enjoy the nature of Mt. Tsukuba.
From the observation deck on the way, you can get a panoramic view of Kanto Plain, and even TOKYO SKYTREE or Mt. Fuji on a clear day.

Sancho-renrakuro

It’s from the top of Mt. Nantai – Miyukigahara – the top of Mt. Nyotai.
Length : about 550 m
Required time : It takes about 15 minutes each from Miyukigahara to the two tops.
This course is between the tops of two mountains, Mt. Nantai with the hight of 871 m, and Mt. Nyotai with the height of 877 m.
During the 15-minute walk, you can encounter azalea and dogtooth violet blooming in cluster.